1111111111111111 IIIIII IIIII 1111111111 11111 11111 111111111111111 11111 111111111111111 11111111 US 20200017891Al c19) United States c12) Patent Application Publication c10) Pub. No.: US 2020/0017891 Al Donohue et al. (43) Pub. Date: Jan. 16, 2020 (54) MICROBIOMES AND METHODS FOR filed on Jul. 12, 2018, provisional application No. PRODUCING MEDIUM-CHAIN FATTY 62/696,677, filed on Jul. 11, 2018. ACIDS FROM ORGANIC SUBSTRATES Publication Classification (71) Applicant: WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH (51) Int. Cl. FOUNDATION, Madison, WI (US) C12P 7164 (2006.01) (52) U.S. Cl. (72) Inventors: Timothy James Donohue, Middleton, CPC ......... C12P 716409 (2013.01); Cl2P 2203/00 WI (US); Matthew Scarborough, (2013.01) Madison, WI (US); Daniel Noguera, Madison, WI (US) (57) ABSTRACT Microbiome compositions and uses thereof. The microbi­ (73) Assignee: WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH ome compositions include a set of microbes. The sets of FOUNDATION, Madison, WI (US) microbes contain members of Lactobacillaceae, Eubacteri­ aceae, Lachnospiraceae, and Coriobacteriaceae. The number of individual physical microbes in the set constitutes a (21) Appl. No.: 16/433,639 certain percentage of the total number of individual physical microbes in the microbiome composition. The microbiome (22) Filed: Jun. 6, 2019 compositions can be used for producing medium-chain fatty acids from organic substrates through anaerobic fermenta­ Related U.S. Application Data tion in a medium. The medium can include lignocellulosic (60) Provisional application No. 62/846,378, filed on May stillage. 10, 2019, provisional application No. 62/697,249, Specification includes a Sequence Listing. Dwra1ion (d) 26% Relative- Abundance 1% Patent Application Publication Jan. 16, 2020 Sheet 1 of 16 US 2020/0017891 Al m N u u W"> <.ri :r: 0.. q w '.l: a.. 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